UCSD Canyon View Pool

UCSD canyon view is awesome! It’s kept exceptionally clean (yes even the locker rooms) the staff are top notch and friendly, and the hot tub is FANTASTIC. Not only, but I can’t count how many awesome evenings I’ve spent there getting a great workout in the pool, then just vegging out in the hot tub while watching the sunset or admiring view of the canyon… Truly a special place to swim.
The layout consists of a main building where you have to register to get in (either using your student ID or buying a membership). The main building is also where you will find a rock wall climbing center (i’ve never been but I know every once in a while they have days where students climb free) as well as your showers/​locker rooms, and a great little gym. When i lived on this campus i used to prefer the Canyone View Gym to RIMAC simply because nobody seemed to use it, and I never had to wait on anyone to do my workout.
Literally straddling the pool building are two olympic sized pools and the legendary hot tub. The pools are heated, with lights that turn on when needed, as well as 2 diving boards on the east pool. The crowd that goes here is good at respecting the «slow on the left, fast on the right» lane rule, and when it gets a little crowded people are very respectful when sharing lanes. In fact, if you are super slow like me, its totally fine to just go to the shallow end and work on your swimming for a while — thats what i did for a month or so and improved greatly! Nobody every gave me even the slightest of negative looks.
Finally, I cannot stress how importantly awesome the hot tub is. Its large (you could probably fit 15 people in there), clean, HOT, and positioned perfectly so that you can go and relax after any sort of work out. In my experienced opinion, (and that of many others) this is THE best aquatic facility and THE best hot tub in all of La Jolla, possibly all of San Diego.
Right now with absolutely no affiliation to UCSD you’d have to pay 120 $/​3 months, and an alumni pays $ 100/​qtr. Its really not that bad — I strongly recommend this as your next workout choice.

I love UCSD Canyon pools: clean, great location. I usually do master classes and had nothing to complain about so far.